Smart city

Helsinki outsmarts other cities with its thorough approach to ecosystem development. Come to us for business opportunities in smart city & cleantech, especially smart mobility and smart buildings.

Why look at smart city opportunities in Helsinki?

Helsinki is one of the most functional cities in the world. This is a sum of many factors: availability of open data, early adoption of digital developments, commitment and cooperation between the whole ecosystem from citizens to companies and government. This tightly-knit yet globally connected society offers the perfect setting for developing and piloting scalable solutions for smart cities.

Our dedicated team here at Helsinki Business Hub is focused on helping foreign companies find possibilities within the smart city sphere in Helsinki. From top R&D possibilities, product development opportunities, unique piloting platforms, global expansion, university & research collaboration, funding, talent and partners – we’ll help you tap into the Helsinki region smart city ecosystem.

Finland was one of the first countries in the world to adopt remote meters that register electricity consumption data on an hourly basis.Helsinki has open access to data for everyone in the metropolitan area.Those two facts combined give new business ideas the chance to flourish.Finland has the northernmost building stock and highest need for building heating in continental Europe.

Smart city strenghts of the Helsinki region

Hot spot for built environment startups

Early adopter of BIM

Strong base of IT talent & companies

5G piloting opportunities

Helsinki region is committed to providing access to open data

Governmental commitment for the digital transformation of the built environment

Smart Kalasatama: Smart Kalasatama is a Helsinki city innovation platform, where various Smart City solutions can be tested and developed in an urban environment. By 2030s, Kalasatama district will offer a home for approximately 20,000 residents and jobs for 8,000 people.

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Smart Jätkäsaari: Piloting platform that builds on smart urban mobility solutions. More information to be available fall 2018.

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Cleantech Garden: Cleantech Garden aims to be the leading cleantech innovation hotspot for sustainable bio- and circular economy in Finland and globally. The mission is to create an open, dynamic, multi-actor ecosystem for business, research and education around VTT’s (Technical Research Centre of Finland) Bioruukki Pilot Centre site in Kivenlahti, Espoo. The Centre is a research environment that brings together digitalisation, research on the bio and circular economies and companies.